.NET Aspire — Distributed Applications in .NET 8
.NET Aspire is an opinionated, cloud ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed applications. .NET Aspire is delivered through a collection of NuGet packages that handle specific cloud-native concerns. Cloud-native apps often consist of small, interconnected pieces or microservices rather than a single, monolithic code base. Cloud-native apps generally consume a large number of services, such as databases, messaging, and caching.
A distributed application is one that uses computational resources across multiple nodes, such as containers running on different hosts. Such nodes must communicate over network boundaries to deliver responses to users. A cloud-native app is a specific type of distributed app that takes full advantage of the scalability, resilience, and manageability of cloud infrastructures.
Prerequisites
To work with .NET Aspire, you’ll need the following installed locally:
Create the .NET Aspire template
Enter a Project Name of AspireSample.
Make sure .NET 8.0 (Long Term Support) is selected.
Ensure that Use Redis for caching (requires Docker) is checked and select Create.
Visual Studio creates a new solution that is structured to use .NET Aspire.
Press F5
Monitoring with .NET Aspire Dashboard
Dashboard has view different information about the .NET Aspire app:
Console logs
- Projects: Lists basic information for all of the individual .NET projects in your .NET Aspire app, such as the app state, endpoint addresses, and the environment variables that were loaded in.
- Metrics: Displays various instruments and meters that are exposed and their corresponding dimensions for your app. Metrics conditionally expose filters based on their available dimensions.
